L.A. quarters raise Atlantis

AUTHOR(S)

Goldman, Michael R.

PUB. DATE

November 1994

SOURCE

Variety;11/21/94, Vol. 357 Issue 4, p72

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Features Atlantis Communications, a Toronto-based company. Opening of a Los Angeles office in 1991; Comments of Executive Vice President Peter Sussman; Production volume; Founding history; Public offering in 1993.

Reports on Atlantis Communications' plans to apply for a broadcast license in Canada to launch a science fiction cable service. Creation of channel as part of the company's strategy to emphasize science fiction programming; Projects for 1995.

Announces that Eyemark Entertainment has acquired United States distribution rights to `Peter Benchley's Amazon,' an action-adventure from Atlantis Films. Number of episodes Eyemark will syndicate for 1999, on a barter basis; How Atlantis Films will benefit from this arrangement; Comments from...

Reports the addition of two children's television series in the 1998 production slate of Toronto, Ontario-based Atlantis Communications company. Budget for the two series; Descriptions of the planned television programs.

Reports on the decline in the earnings of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. during the first-quarter of 2000. Influence of a scaled-back film slate on the event; Comparison of the company's first-quarter income with the same period in 1999; Performance of the company's television and film...